Observations on drivers and dynamics of environmental policy change: Insights from 150 years of forest management in British Columbia

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hagerman, Shannon M ^a,b   Dowlatabadi, Hadi ^a,c,d   Satterfield, Terre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Change; Drivers; Forest management; Global change; Historical analysis; Science and policy; Social ecological system; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUIDELINE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77953760965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03073-150102     Document Type: Article

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